Job summary
Are you a qualified nursery nurse looking for a new challenge in your career? Or are you already working within the healthcare setting. If you are we would like to invite you to join our fantastic neonatal nursing team within Newborn Services.
Newborn Services, MCS is one service across three sites; the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is based on the Oxford Road Campus (ORC) and the Local Neonatal Units are based at Wythenshawe and North Manchester General Hospital. The NICU at Saint Mary's Hospital is a state-of-the-art facility co-located with the maternity unit and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, renowned for high standards of clinical care, research, and education. Saint Mary's is one of three NICU's in Greater Manchester and as a tertiary unit is the only provider of neonatal surgery and specialist paediatric services. There is a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary working and family integrated care is a central element of the unit culture. This spreads across to our sister units at Wythenshawe and North Manchester, designated as a local neonatal unit, providing short term intensive, high dependency and special care to families residing in the local areas. The post holder will also have the opportunity to work alongside our well established Inreach/Outreach team .
Main duties of the job
High quality evidenced based care is the hallmark of our service and we pride ourselves in delivering excellent quality of care along with a positive experience for families. We provide a cutting-edge service and this is your opportunity to be part of the experience with infants and families by contributing to the high quality care provided by a strong and dedicated workforce, supporting the team to deliver the highest standards of safe and effective care.
You will have experience in the delivery of the highest quality of care, understanding the essentials of effective and safe care that is delegated to you to provide. You will be able to deliver care in the Special Care areas of the neonatal unit and on the postnatal wards. In addition, we will provide you with a comprehensive education and training package to enable you to support the safe delivery of neonatal care in conjunction with the Registered Nursing team in the High Dependency areas of the neonatal unit.
You must be a team player with exemplary communication and interpersonal skills. You will be a caring, compassionate, skilled, and knowledgeable Nursery Nurse, who works well in a busy and fast paced environment. You will be committed to the support and development of self and others and motivated to work collaboratively to achieve the highest standards of care for infants and families.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Health and Safety processes
- Knowledge of infection control and decontamination processes
Desirable
- Experience of working as a nursery nurse
- Significant or recent experienced of working in a child health or maternity setting.
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or Nursery Nurse Qualification
- Maths and English grade 4-9 or grade C or above or Functional Skills Maths and English Level 2
Desirable
- Basic Life Support
- ECDL or equivalent IT Skills
- Evidence of Higher Education
Training and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with Allied Health Professionals in a multidisiplinary setting
- Experience of working within an acute care environment to Foundation degree or within a Nursery setting with a Nursery Nurse qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to deliver a good standard of nursing skills and patient care.
- Willingness to develop clinical skills and competency relevant to role
- Ability to perform area specific competencies.
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and own time.
- Able to problem-solve and delegate tasks effectively, with well-developed organisational skills.
- Able to use initiative and to work with minimum supervision.
Attributes
Essential
- Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
- Able to relate well with patients/clients/relatives/ visitors and colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team
- Committed to continued personal and educational development
- Enthusiastic and positive
- Aware of boundaries of the role
- Able to work as part of a team
- Committed to working in a caring role
- Confidential
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Health and Safety processes
- Knowledge of infection control and decontamination processes
Desirable
- Experience of working as a nursery nurse
- Significant or recent experienced of working in a child health or maternity setting.
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or Nursery Nurse Qualification
- Maths and English grade 4-9 or grade C or above or Functional Skills Maths and English Level 2
Desirable
- Basic Life Support
- ECDL or equivalent IT Skills
- Evidence of Higher Education
Training and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with Allied Health Professionals in a multidisiplinary setting
- Experience of working within an acute care environment to Foundation degree or within a Nursery setting with a Nursery Nurse qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to deliver a good standard of nursing skills and patient care.
- Willingness to develop clinical skills and competency relevant to role
- Ability to perform area specific competencies.
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and own time.
- Able to problem-solve and delegate tasks effectively, with well-developed organisational skills.
- Able to use initiative and to work with minimum supervision.
Attributes
Essential
- Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
- Able to relate well with patients/clients/relatives/ visitors and colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team
- Committed to continued personal and educational development
- Enthusiastic and positive
- Aware of boundaries of the role
- Able to work as part of a team
- Committed to working in a caring role
- Confidential
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
